Tidy-holder



(No Model.)

. W. HARRIS.

TIDY HOLDER.

No. 393,703, Patented Nov. 27, 1888.

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TlDY-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,703, dated November 2'7, 1888.

Application filed March 29, 1888. Serial No.268,800. (N0 model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be itkuown that I, WILLIAM S. HARRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wauseon, in the county of Fulton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful In1- provemeuts in Tidy-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to holders for tidies or other similar articles; and it consists in the novel combination of parts and construction of the same, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a rear view of a portion of the back of a chair having the tidy-holder applied to it. Fig. 2 is a front View ofthetidyholder removed from the chair, and Fig. 3 is a side view of the same.

A is the chair-back, and B is the tidy. The tidy-holder consists of a horizontal rod, 0, of wood or metal,which may be provided with ornamental ends and be gilded or otherwise decorated.

D is a single continuous wire, the central portion of which is bent double to form the curved arm E, and is then coiled upoh the rod 0 in opposite directions, forming the springcoilsd d. The wire is then extended horizontally by the straight portions d d, and two more spring-coils, e c, are formed about the said rod G. The Wire is then bent over, forming the hooks F, which terminate in the flat coilsff, and which are hooked over the back of the chair, so that the flat coils f f press againstthe tidy in front of the chair.

The device is applied to the chair to hold the tidy in position, as shown in Fig. 1, and will be found very efficient for that purpose,be-

sides being very cheap to construct and ornamental in appearance when applied.

The wooden rod stiffens and supports the central arm and the spring-hooks, and is adapted to bear against the back of the chair, thereby holding the central arm in position against the said chair-back and depending from the rod. The wooden rod also supports the spring-hooks at each end of the rod, and enables them tohold the tidy against the front of the chair.

' What I claim is 1. In a tidy-holder, the combination, with the horizontal rod, of the single continuous wire provided with the central arm, E, the spring-coils surrounding the rod, and the hooks F, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

2; In a tidy-holder, the combination, with the horizontal rod, of the single continuous wire provided with the central curved arm,E, the spring-eoilsd and e, surrounding the said rod, the straight portions connecting the said coils, and the hooks F, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a tidy-holder, the combination, with a horizontal wooden stiffening-rod adapted to be applied at the back of the ehai r, of a depending central spring arm extending downwardly from the said rod and adapted to bear against the chair-back, and the spring-hooks extending upwardly from the ends ofthe rod over the back and holding the tidy against the front of the chair.

In testimony whereof I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM S. HARRIS.

Witnesses L. M. MURPHY, BENJ. BIDDLE. 

